What are the two rivers are Mesopotamis located by
Tigris and Euphrates
100
The rivers of Mesopotamia were important because...
Water and fertile land
100
Why are empires important?
They encourage trade, which make more good available, ideas, culture and technology are shared
100
What is an advanced form of cultures that developed in cities
Civilization
100
What are many different lands and peoples brought under the control of one ruler
Empire
200
What is a flood plain?
flat lad bordering the banks of a river
200
What did the Meopotamians use to water their crops?
Irrigation
200
What is a person choosen to rule a over a territory Governor
Governor
200
What is political unit made up of a city and its surrounding lands?
City - State
200
What are written rules for people to obey?
Code of law
300
What is deposited by floods that makes the soil fertile?
silt
300
How did Mesopotamians cope with the lack of resources
build with reeds, straw and mud and traded surplus crops
300
What are the offical coins issued by the governomet as offical money, promoted business and made it easy to pay taxes. (Persian Empire) Minted coins
Minted coins
300
What is a temple built atop a series of increasingly smaller platforms
Ziggurat
300
What is Hammurabi know for?
Leader of Babylonian Empire, written set of laws/code of law
400
What is the climate of Mesopotamia
arid (hot and dry)
400
Why was Mesopotamian soil so fertile?
Flooding deposited silt
400
Why was Hammurabi's Code a step toward better government?
It helped people feel they were being treated fairly, individuals and groups knew their rights under the law. It helped Hammurabi govern many people in his empire
400
What is a belief in many gods and goddesses
Polytheism
400
What are the three social classes of Sumerian Society
Upper, middle and lower class
500
What resources do Mesopotamians use to build their homes and other buildings
Reed, straws and mud
500
What problems did Mesopotamian farms face?
droughts and unpredictable flooding
500
Why were the Assyrians able to build such a large empire?
They had a powerful army that used the latest inventions for war.
500
What is region stretching from the Persian Gulf northwest up the Tigris and Euphrates rivers and west over to the Mediterranean Sea. Has rich soil and water for farming